ईषा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঈষা (Assamese script)
• ᬈᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• ঈষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰃𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀈𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဤၑာ (Burmese script)
• ઈષા (Gujarati script)
• ਈਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌈𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦇꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂆𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಈಷಾ (Kannada script)
• ឦឞា (Khmer script)
• ອີຩາ (Lao script)
• ഈഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡳᡳᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘃𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠢᠢᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦣𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐃𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଈଷା (Odia script)
• ꢅꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆆𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖃𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඊෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩑𑩛𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚃𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஈஷா (Tamil script)
• ఈషా (Telugu script)
• อีษา (Thai script)
• ཨཱི་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒄𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨁𑨊𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *HiHsáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HiHsáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂iHséh₂ (“shaft”). Cognate with Ancient Greek οἴαξ (oíax, “handle of rudder, tiller, helm;”), οἰήϊον (oiḗïon, “handle of rudder”), Hittite 𒄭𒅖𒊭𒀭 (ḫi-iš-ša- /⁠ḫišša-⁠/, “carriage pole”), Old English ār (whence English oar). Compare also Finnish aisa (“shaft; pole”), borrowed from Baltic, whence borrowed from the Slavic s-stem (compare Slovene ojẹ̑ (“thill”), genitive ojẹ̑sa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /iː.ʂɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ʂɑː/

Noun

ईषा • (īṣā́) stem, f

1. the pole or shafts of a carriage or plough
2. (in the dual) the double or fork-shaped pole
3. plank, board
4. a particular measure

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of ईषा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ईषा (īṣā́)	ईषे (īṣé)	ईषाः (īṣā́ḥ)
vocative	ईषे (ī́ṣe)	ईषे (ī́ṣe)	ईषाः (ī́ṣāḥ)
accusative	ईषाम् (īṣā́m)	ईषे (īṣé)	ईषाः (īṣā́ḥ)
instrumental	ईषया (īṣáyā) ईषा¹ (īṣā́¹)	ईषाभ्याम् (īṣā́bhyām)	ईषाभिः (īṣā́bhiḥ)
dative	ईषायै (īṣā́yai)	ईषाभ्याम् (īṣā́bhyām)	ईषाभ्यः (īṣā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	ईषायाः (īṣā́yāḥ) ईषायै² (īṣā́yai²)	ईषाभ्याम् (īṣā́bhyām)	ईषाभ्यः (īṣā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	ईषायाः (īṣā́yāḥ) ईषायै² (īṣā́yai²)	ईषयोः (īṣáyoḥ)	ईषाणाम् (īṣā́ṇām)
locative	ईषायाम् (īṣā́yām)	ईषयोः (īṣáyoḥ)	ईषासु (īṣā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Assamese: ঈহ (ih)
• Gujarati: ઈસ (īsa)
• Pali: īsā

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ईषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0171.